LSU FETI 2012

Today we had a fieldtrip to the LSU Fire and Emergency Training Institute (FETI).
Micah & Sarah before

Before starting the fieldtrip, we took a group shot. I went prepared with my tripod & remote.

Then we went inside and Crew Chief Crain told the kids general information about fire safety: smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and safety ladders for upstairs.

Can you tell who's not paying attention?

Then we watched the following video to see examples of some of the training is done.

Then he had 3 recruits come in and do a 2 minute drill to see who could get their gear on the fastest.
Afterwards, the kids got to talk to the firemen in their gear and take pictures with them.


I wonder what Cade & Luke are talking about.

When we were finished talking with the firemen, we went outside to see the LSU firetruck.

We weren't able to see a burn or ride in the firetruck today like we did in 2010, but they gave us a ride on the trailer around the facilities.

The guy in the following video was the one who was in charge of our fieldtrip.

Father/Daughter Sweetheart Dance 2012

Sunday night Daddy took Miriam & Micah to the Father/Daughter Sweetheart Dance put on by the Baton Rouge General Foundation.  This is Miriam’s 3rd year (2011, 2010) to go and Micah’s 1st. 

I took a picture of them before they left and 2 when they got back with all their goodies.

Here's a picture of them at the dance and afterwards eating McFlurry's at McDonald's.

Wordless Wednesday–Howdy Buckeroo!

2012 Upward Games #3–Cowboy/Cowgirl Day

One thing that I love about Upward Basketball at Woodlawn is that the cheerleading director comes up with these theme days for the kids. Anyone that knows me knows that I love a good theme! Today's theme was Cowboy/Cowgirl Up! It wasn't very easy for the basketball players to participate but Luke wore the bandanna until his game. I also had some western tattoos leftover from some birthday party.

Hanging out before Cameron's game and eating their breakfast...the little ones do much better if they're snacking during the games

I finally took a good amount of pictures at Cameron’s game.  Maybe it helped that Daina wasn’t there and that I asked Tracy for some help with the settings on my camera.  Thanks Tracy!  I think they came out a lot better.  Craig was getting the score from Luke because they don’t keep score in Cameron’s league.

Micah put her hat on Luke and then she was trying to put in on Tyler.

Typical Cameron…when he was on the bench he was flirting with the girl that was on the bench behind him.

Sometimes there's an hour between Luke & Cameron's games so at least we can take the kids outside to play on the playground. While we were outside, we took a group shot of all of us in our western wear. See as you can tell PawPaw & ZeeZee dressed for the theme too...maybe that's where I get it from ;)

These were our "funny face" ones. I didn't realize ZeeZee was holding a "stick up" until I uploaded the pictures!


Luke's game - the other team only had 4 players so Luke's team took turns playing for the other team. Luke went first and actually scored the 1st points for the other team.

Back on his team

I thought the little cheerleaders were so cute in their western wear!

Luke made a shot right before the end of the period.

Cole hanging out with PawPaw and his doggy.

The cheerleaders performed at half-time and after the half-time devotional they passed out spirit sticks.

Luke likes this game because he gets to play against his friend Aidan from down the street. This is the most aggressive I've seen him. He was fighting for the ball against Aidan.

Finally, Luke & Aidan got to guard each other in the final period. Luke couldn't even shoot because he was laughing too much!

Luke was trying to make it down the court to make a shot before the final buzzer, but they ended up knocking it out of bounds.